***** OFFICIAL British Parliamentary Hearing on Murdoch Media Scandal LIVEBLOG Part IV *****

[L. Coyote]

Keith and John: http://www.thertv.com/41

DemocracyNow: http://www.democracynow.org/

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[HopeHoops]

1. Can someone superimpose a clown nose on Rupert?

It would just be cool.

[WinkyDink]

4. Like this?

[HopeHoops]

7. That's pretty good! He looks like Karl Rove.

[L. Coyote]

9. I'd like to see a fire-engine red nose on Bozo.

[sfpcjock]

85. No, it's more like this: Youtube of Mr. Magoo

I believe.

Magoo's Surprise Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dZHBDUiEg

[Aerows]

2. Tom Watson kicked ass

I can't wait to see Rebekah Brooks' testimony.

[Snoutport]

3. who made it official?

Thanks for doing this!

[L. Coyote]

6. ***** OFFICIAL threads *****

Just an old convention at DU for LiveBlogs.
Anyone can do it whenever they want,
but it is used for following hearings, speeches, etc.

[Snoutport]

67. :0) Your election liveblog was most excellent--I still see it as the standard

on how to educate and involve the DU community on a subject.

I was just kiddin' about the official part. :0)

(that was you who did that liveblog wasn't it?)

[defendandprotect]

5. Did anyone else hear "ENRON" mentioned by one of the panel members?

Think the shaving foam/pie attack on Murdock probably will create sympathy for him -- !!

[defendandprotect]

87. Aaha -- Enron ... as in "Willful Blindness" now applied to Murdock's -- !!

[CrazyBob]

8. LOL @ Murdoch's wife

She slapped the shit outta that guy! LOL

[L. Coyote]

13. Do you have a photo or video link. Too many version of the event out there already.

Didn't she go after the pie, not the guy?

[WinkyDink]

17. Here:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/murdoch_apparently_attacked_with_white_foam_during.php

[KurtNYC]

32. Murdoch's wife is the youngest human in that room.

By contrast the uniformed officer sure took his time getting over there

[CrazyBob]

43. Yeah I noticed that too! nt

[SaveAmerica]

42. Isn't that assault on a pie pitcher?

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Miss Brooks, meet bus

your former boss already threw you in

[WinkyDink]

11. Pie-thrower ID'ed as comedian (with video):

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/murdoch_apparently_attacked_with_white_foam_during.php

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. Rebekah on now

[malaise]

14. Rebekah Brooks up now n/t

[Gregorian]

15. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the next scam artist is about to perform her tricks.

Dear Rebekah, we're so sorry to inconvenience you with this hearing.

[SaveAmerica]

16. Hermione had a really bad weekend! Dang!

[beac]

22. Not Hermione...

Bellatrix w/red hair.

[SaveAmerica]

25. You're right! Sorry Emma!

[defendandprotect]

88. Whistleblower Hoare "suicided" .... would make for a bad weekend -- !!

[L. Coyote]

18. VIDEO: Murdoch Attacked With White Foam Pie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x601343

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Judy Chop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3eNx0LBrmY

[SaveAmerica]

19. Harry Potter and the Tumbling Tabloids

[WinkyDink]

20. That hair is completely ridiculous.

[Dappleganger]

21. That woman needs a brazilian blowout.

Sorry, I just had to say it (and as a woman, I can judge her hair all I want, LOL).

[WinkyDink]

24. Heh. Same here!

[K8-EEE]

49. I have to say I love her hair

It's very 1980's wild....it makes her look like a glamorous type of DIsney villainess. I saw a pic of her where she was actually wearing a Cruela de Vil style dalmatian print shirt!

[Hubert Flottz]

23. The lady must be lying because she's batting her eyes like a

toad in a hale storm.

[SaveAmerica]

26. When you're as tired as she seems, you tend to make damaging mistakes

[Hubert Flottz]

29. Like slipping up and telling the truth a time or two.

[Dappleganger]

30. Yep, covering her ass as well as Murdoch's 24/7 must be EXHAUSTING.

[beac]

33. Wonder if she was allowed to watch the Murdochs testify.

[Ruby the Liberal]

28. She is also looking up and right before she starts speaking.

[SaveAmerica]

31. I stopped in at Faux to check on their coverage and saw they had hearing live

and afterward the talking head (young male) looked like he didn't know what to say and was trying not to cry.

Mommy! I tee tee'd!

[obama14]

38. Why wold Faux care?

If Every senior executive was fired and put in jail... nothing would happen to Faux.

I wish it would, but that's just reality.

Do you really think they don't have people ready in an instant to fill their shoes?

[SaveAmerica]

47. And the walls come a tumblin down, tumblin tumblin doooooown

[Gregorian]

34. All I'm seeing is Edina Monsoon

I cannot take this charade seriously.

[beac]

36. I somehow doubt she's feeling very "sweetie darling" about these MPs!

:)

[valerief]

39. Brilliant! nt

[WinkyDink]

41. "Whaaaat??"

[Gregorian]

45. Surfaces, darling. SURFACES!

[beac]

51. .

:spray: :rofl:

Perfect!!

[Dappleganger]

44. ROFL

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

35. Oh, Becky learned what she now knows ONLY because of the investigation! When these people act

"earnest" and provide unnecessary details, you know they are both lying over-all and stalling for time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Smarmy tried to implicate the Observer and the Guardian

that was smarmy at best...

[beac]

40. Oh yeah, she's got the "everybody does it" excuse on speed dial! n/t

[WinkyDink]

46. "I never knew." "Everybody did it." "I'm sorry." "I wasn't aware." "It was Rhys." "It was Terry."

[Hubert Flottz]

48. I hope her Mad Monk look don't catch on.

[Hubert Flottz]

50. Regrets they all got caught.

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. Piers they got your number

This is popcorn worthy... CNN, err Fox Jr... will be up to eyeballs too

[fascisthunter]

53. I've been busy... how are things lookin' Nadin?

Is it kabuki or do you see justice in the future?

[nadinbrzezinski]

56. This is phase two of a scandal

they denied and said everybody does it... so yes, there will be... wheel moves slowly though, patience,

[fascisthunter]

58. ok... thanks...

[beac]

54. Why does the blond MP keep trying to help w/the "everyone does it" meme??

Is she on the Murdoch payroll??

[nadinbrzezinski]

57. She is handing her rope

[beac]

60. I'm not sure....

With the Murdochs, she tried to help Jimmy Boy say there was no way he could have been aware of these "outrages."

[beac]

62. So she WAS allowed to watch the Murdochs testify.

Too bad.

[beac]

59. and AGAIN, blond MP goes after a DIFFERENT paper!

Hey lady, we're here to talk about NEWS CORP!!

[suffragette]

78. Here's a BBC link to the MP's names

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14182907

Doesn't give much more info than that, but at least can see who is a Conservative.

[KurtNYC]

55. Apparently Jimmy Page's hairdresser is still working in England

The ratio of hair to head is about 10 to 1.

[Hubert Flottz]

61. Let us all hope and pray that the ongoing Fleet Street Enema...

goes on and cleans all the shit out of all the lying corporate MSM assholes around the world..."Drip Drip Drip"

[WinkyDink]

63. Becky is just obfuscating via verbosity and generalizing.

[Gin]

64. I can't understand this MP talking now...

[Ichingcarpenter]

69. I can..... hell I can understand southern

Texan, Welsh, Australian, West Virginia, Valley talk
but not stupid.

He asked some good questions.

[Ichingcarpenter]

72. This link from the Guardian is a live blog with no accents

updated every min.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/19/rebekah-brooks-mps

[Ichingcarpenter]

65. The Scottish sounding MP is asking some good questions

The defense team emails for one.

[Aerows]

66. Rebekah is the weak link

She's already admitted that phone hacking was wide spread, but she's trying to put it off as "widespread". "Everybody is doing it, so have no reason to have consequences".

She's screwed, and is screwing herself with every statement. I hope that in the end she throws the Murdochs under the bus, right before she goes back to jail.

[WinkyDink]

68. Completely absurd query: "How would you go about reporting?" Allows Rebecca to blahblahblah.

[beac]

70. LOL! The Current TV link just threw up an ad featuring

Crusty the Clown!

:rofl:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

80. got a link to that link?

I wanna watch online too!

:bounce:

edit: nevermind :crazy:

[Hubert Flottz]

71. From the simpleton to the Simpsons?

[beac]

73. She seems to think "Sarah's Law" is a get out of jail free card!

AND she's playing to the US audience referencing "Megan's Law"-- she knows American shareholdrs are watching!

[Hubert Flottz]

74. The CONservatives are the same everywhere...

guarding their propaganda organs from any for of danger.

[Aerows]

75. She's starting to stutter and repeat herself

Just like James did.

[malaise]

77. They are all scared shitless

And she's lyin gbig time - blink, blink, blink, blink

[Aerows]

81. It's richer than a metre up a bull's ass

They stutter, they prevaricate, and they blandly state the same exact things they were coached on. LMAO

:rofl: :rofl:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

76. The exchange right now reminds me of this scene in "Menace II Society"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2v-8ctq5x4

[malaise]

82. She didn't need to go to #10 street to meet Cameron

They were neighbours and they rode horses together. Oh please.

[Hubert Flottz]

79. I don't even think the master of deductions Hemlock Stones could

shake the truth out of Rupert and his gang.

[Aerows]

83. Oh!

Let's bring up the War in Afghanistan!

Curry favor!

[rainbow4321]

84. Is it just me or has she burst a few blood vessels by her right eye?

I stepped away from the TV for a bit but earlier she had dark circles under her eyes and now her right eye is really looking black and blue...

[L. Coyote]

86. REPLAY: 2 hours of condensed highlights after KO w/ John Dean tonight, 9 Eastern

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